Connects to the Apify platform to run web scraping tasks and automate data extraction.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/apify && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/484" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/apify && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/apify
Activation
This is the description your AI agent reads to decide when to run this skill — the better it matches your request, the more reliably it fires.
Apify web scraping platform. Use when user mentions "scrape website",Key capabilities
- →Execute web scraping Actors asynchronously
- →Run scraping tasks synchronously for immediate results
- →Poll run status for long-running crawls
- →Fetch dataset items from completed runs
- →Support pagination for large datasets
How it works
The skill interacts with the Apify API to trigger pre-built Actors. It manages the lifecycle of a scrape by initiating the run, monitoring the status, and retrieving the resulting dataset.
Inputs & outputs
When to use apify
- →Scraping website data
- →Automating web extraction
- →Extracting content from pages
- →Running web crawlers
About apify
Enables the execution of web scraping Actors directly through the Apify platform. It supports both asynchronous runs for long-running crawls and synchronous execution for immediate data retrieval.
Web scraping and automation platform with pre-built Actors for common tasks
When not to use it
- →When you need to perform real-time browser automation without data extraction
- →When you require a local-only scraping solution
Prerequisites
Limitations
- →Sync runs are limited to a 5-minute execution window
- →Requires an active Apify account and API token
How it compares
It provides a programmatic interface to manage cloud-based scraping jobs instead of manually configuring and running crawlers in a browser.
Compared to similar skills
apify side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apify (this skill) | 9 | 5mo | Review | Intermediate |
| crawl4ai | 21 | 10mo | Review | Intermediate |
| web-scraper | 0 | 5mo | Review | Intermediate |
| apify-ultimate-scraper | 0 | 5mo | Review | Intermediate |
Try saying
Example prompts that trigger this skill in your AI assistant.
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